Overview
AWE has a wide range of opportunities across multiple projects for Senior Project Managers. We are looking for individuals who thrive on solving complex challenges in fast-paced environments, and who can lead and deliver on AWE's mission-critical objectives. As a Senior Project Manager at AWE, you'll have the opportunity to take ownership of diverse, mission-critical project/programmes. Depending on the role, your responsibilities may include:
Responsibilities
* Driving end-to-end delivery of complex projects, programmes, or portfolios - from business case development through to completion and transition into operation.
* Leading and inspiring project teams, embedding a culture of accountability, high performance, and continuous improvement.
* Championing health, safety, and environmental practices, ensuring best practice standards are achieved and supporting AWE's carbon reduction targets.
* Defining scope and delivery plans, while managing cost, schedule, and quality to meet objectives.
* Providing strong governance, producing clear decision packs, maintaining performance baselines, and leading risk and opportunity management.
* Managing commercial engagement, securing value-for-money delivery partners and suppliers, and ensuring contracts drive compliance and successful outcomes.
* Acting as a senior stakeholder manager, aligning leadership, regulators, and operations teams both within AWE and externally.
* Coaching and developing project teams, supporting early careers and fostering a culture of learning and growth.
Qualifications
* Project Management qualification/membership (APM, PMP, PRINCE2) or equivalent experience.
* Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to build relationships at all levels.
* Proven experience delivering multiple, complex, high-value, cross-functional projects.
* Competence in creating and maintaining project documentation, plans, and RAIDs (risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies).
* Ability to track deliverables using KPIs and produce clear progress reports.
* Expertise in risk management, governance, and change control, including stage gate approvals.
* Commercial awareness with a focus on value, compliance, and successful delivery.
* Dynamic leadership style that empowers teams to adapt, perform, and align with AWE's vision.
Benefits and Working Arrangements
* Package: Salary from 64,780 (depending on your suitability, qualifications, and level of experience), 9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave.
* Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions).
* Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay.
* Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body.
* Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services.
* Life Assurance (4 x annual salary).
* Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending.
* Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring.
* Hybrid working is available for these roles on an informal, non-contractual basis. Typically, 2-3 days onsite per week.
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